Uma25s Review
What's black and white and red all over? Behringer's fantastically cheap new audio interface and MIDI controller, of course! Behringer already make MIDI controllers, keyboards and audio interfaces and, like various other manufacturers, they have now neatly combined all these functions into a single unit. The UMA25S features two octaves of full‑sized, velocity‑sensitive keys, pitch and mod wheels, eight rotary MIDI controller knobs and eight MIDI‑programmable buttons, along with a USB audio interface with stereo line in/out, and a mic input and headphone output. You also get a shoulder strap for on‑stage use, a 'mic and headphones' headset, and a soft gig bag. Most remarkable of all is the price — all of this will cost you less than £80 $200! Behringer have gone to some trouble to make the UMA25S as portable as possible, with an ultra‑slim 1.8‑inch thick casing in a fetching metallic red colour.
The shoulder strap definitely adds to its live appeal, but the most important design aspect for stage posing is that it can be powered via its USB cable or by three AA batteries. This means that you could use it either as a stand‑alone MIDI controller, connected to your main rig using a MIDI cable, or via a USB cable if you want to use the audio features and supplied headset. In both scenarios the rear-panel cable clamp will greatly lessen the chances of you accidentally pulling out the plug mid‑solo. A third power option is a 9V DC power supply (not included), although I can't see many users adopting this, especially as once you power up the UMA25S via the USB connection there's a further MIDI option. It can either continue transmitting MIDI data directly to the rear-panel MIDI output, or act as a Thru port — ferrying data from your sequencer to other hardware while you transmit your MIDI performance to your sequencer via the USB connection. The MIDI controller functions are surprisingly comprehensive for a device of this price.
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The eight rotary controls can be allocated to any MIDI continuous controller number, and there's also a dedicated volume slider that always generates MIDI controller 7 data. The eight push‑buttons beneath the rotary knobs can also have any MIDI function allocated to them, although with a click of the MMC (MIDI Machine Control) button to the left of the keyboard, these instead generate standard transport‑control data. As you move any of these knobs or press any of the buttons, the current parameter value appears in the three‑digit LED display, providing instant visual feedback.